Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Quality versus Medium Format
From: "George Day" <george@rdcinteractive.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:29:40 -0700

Just spoke with a friend "who knows" -- I stand corrected.  The only vacuum
back they make is for the 70mm (which is horribly expensive), not 220.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin
Franklin
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:17 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Quality versus Medium Format


Yes, I agree.  I checked their product catalog, and it's not listed in
there.  Do you have a part number, per chance?

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Rollei's web site is most lame and incomplete.  It does exist, however.
>
> on 8/2/01 2:45 AM, Austin Franklin at darkroom@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> > For the 600x I find a 645 rotating back, Polaroid magazine and a Data 70
> > magazine... the data 70 magazine claims to have a vacuum
> film-pressure plate
> > but it's for 70mm perforated, not 220...
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> Yup, they make one for 220.  Last I heard, anyway.
> >>
> >> Original Message:
> >> -----------------
> >>
> >>> Combine that with a Rollei or Contax vacuum
> >>> back...
> >>
> >> Is there a vacuum back for a Rollei, or did you just mean that Rolleis
> >> tend
> >> to keep the film quite flat?
> >
>